Improvement in oil-can



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CHARLES CHINNOOK, lOF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO l. LITTLE HYDE, OFNEW .YORK` CITY.

Letters Patent No. 94,564, dated Septmnbe'r 7 1869 antedated August 27,1869.

IMPROVEMENT VIIN' 'OIL-CAN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES Onruuoox, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Oil- Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of 'this specification, in which isrepresented a Vertical section of an oil-can, constructed according tomy improvement.

This invention relates to the construction of cans for oiling machinery,whereby a stream of oil may be thrown forcibly and with such precisionthat joints not easily accessible may be oiled with little or no wasteof oil.

It consists, first, in a chamber in the upperpart of the reservoir ofthe can', provided with an outlet through the nozzle above, andcommunicating with the reservoir by means of'a tube below, which extendsupward into the said chamber to a point near, the top thereof, andterminates below into adlexible tube of suicient length and degree ofilexibility to extend to any part of the reservoir.

1t consists, secondly, in a valve situated in the cap of `theilling-nozzleV and so constructed as toopen inwardly, and by means ofwhich air is admitted into the reservoir to fill the vacuum caused bythe consumption ofthe oil and by the springing 'out of the bottom ofthecan after it has been relieved from' the Iexternal pressure by whichitis pressed inward when oiling.

In order that others may be better enabled 'to understand theconstruction and operation of my irnproverhent, I will proceed todescribe' it, with reference to the drawings.

v A is achambe'rin the upper part of the reservoir E, which terminatesabove into the nozzle a.

B is a tube, passing through and screwed into the lower extremity of thechamber A, extending above the centre of the chamber upward andreachingdown- .ward below the bottom of' the chamber A, asuicient-distance to attach thereto a` tube, B', of leather or other suitableflexible material', of suicient length and degree of ilexibility toreach any part of'the reservoir E. Y

F is an outer shell or jacket encasing the nozzletube a, not only forthe pnrposeot" protecting the same from injury, but, by its lowerextremity being attachedto the base ofthe nozzle a, aspace or chamber,O, is formed, which receives the waste oil which runs down upon theoutside of the nozzle after being used, and retains -the saine forfurther use upon such parts of the machinery as may be lubricated byinverting the can, 'thereby eecting a saving of oil which wouldotherwise be wasted.

D is'the cap, which closes the illing-nozzle, into which is inserted avalve, e, constructed so as to open inward, and through which air isadmitted to tillthe vacuum occasioned by the consumption of the oil, and

yby the springing out ofthe bottom of the can after external pressurehas been removed. A

The operation of my invention is elected in the usual'way by compressionof the bottom of the can,

whichy forces the oil up through the tube B into the chamber A, and outat the nozzle a, leaving the chamber A, after such operation, full ofoil to the level of the tube B, and is there'retained for oiling suchjoints or journals as are easy of access, and which may be lubricated byinverting the can, `in which instance compression of the bottomisnotnecessary, 'as the chamber A is of a capacity to vcontain sucha'quantity of oil as is geueralysnicient for this purpose, and hencewill supplyto the journal or joint a desirable quantity, and no more,thus obviating the objection to an ordinary oil-can, in which there lisno-means of regulating the quantity of oil discharged ata time, airbeing supplied to the cham ber A, whenthe can is inverted, through thetubes B 'B-', by the rarefactionor expansion of the air contained in thecan su'iciently to allow the oil to flow therefrom. V'

, What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent,is*- 1. The chamber A, arranged in combination with the tubes B B',nozzle a, and reservoir E,`ot an oilcan, substantially as herein shownand described.`

2. The combination of the Ivalve e with the reservoir E, tube B B', andchamber A,` substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GHAS. OHINNOGK.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. Rossnr, HENRY PALMER.

